Thursday, August 09, 2007
Jim Wilson pitches a 6 hitter as Baltimore knocks off Cleveland 6-2 for a split of the doubleheader.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 Cleveland Indians At 1955 Baltimore Orioles 7/31/1955
Indians AB R H RBI AVG Orioles AB R H RBI AVG
A.Smith RF 4 1 1 1 .296 W.Causey 3B 4 0 2 2 .183
B.Avila 2B 4 0 1 0 .272 C.Abrams CF 4 0 0 0 .215
V.Wertz 1B 4 0 1 0 .212 D.Philley RF 4 1 1 0 .314
A.Rosen 3B 4 1 1 1 .246 J.Dyck LF 3 1 1 0 .188
L.Doby CF 4 0 1 0 .296 B.Hale 1B 4 2 2 1 .267
G.Woodling LF 3 0 0 0 .291 H.Smith C 3 1 1 0 .289
G.Strickland SS 2 0 0 0 .191 D.Leppert 2B 4 1 2 2 .143
A-D.Mitchell PH 1 0 0 0 .175 W.Miranda SS 3 0 0 0 .233
B-S.Dente SS 0 0 0 0 .270 J.Wilson P 4 0 0 0 .137
H.Naragon C 3 0 1 0 .311
A.Houtteman P 2 0 0 0 .045
J.Santiago P 0 0 0 0 .000
C-F.Fain PH 1 0 0 0 .247
R.Narleski P 0 0 0 0 .500
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Totals 32 2 6 2 Totals 33 6 9 5
A-Pinch Hit For Strickland In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Mitchell In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Santiago In 8th Inning
Indians......... 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 2
Orioles......... 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 - 6 9 0
Indians (60-43) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
A.Houtteman LOSS(2-8) 5 6 4 3 1 4 0 3.61
J.Santiago 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 2.31
R.Narleski 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.26
Totals 8 9 6 4 3 5 0
Orioles (30-71) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Wilson WIN(9-9) 9 6 2 2 0 4 2 3.12
Totals 9 6 2 2 0 4 2
ATTENDANCE- 9,869 DATE- Sunday, July 31st 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:02
LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 3 Orioles: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 1 Orioles: 1
ERRORS- V.Wertz, J.Santiago
DOUBLES- D.Leppert(1st)
HOME RUNS- A.Smith(13th), A.Rosen(23rd)
WALKS- J.Dyck, H.Smith, W.Miranda
STRIKE OUTS- A.Smith, G.Woodling, H.Naragon, A.Houtteman, J.Dyck, B.Hale,
H.Smith, D.Leppert, J.Wilson
GIDP- F.Fain, W.Miranda
Don Leppert had 2 base hits and 2 RBI and Jim Wilson was able to finish what
he started and was credited with a complete game as the Baltimore Orioles
defeated the Cleveland Indians 6 to 2 at Memorial Stadium.
Wilson(9-9) had a solid outing for Baltimore. He surrendered 6 hits and no
walks in 9 innings and surrendered 2 'long-bombs'. Baltimore had 9 hits for
the afternoon.
Art Houtteman(2-8) suffered the loss. He pitched 5 innings and surrendered 6
hits and 1 walk. 'Wilson took our guys to school' Al Lopez said. 'Too bad he
doesn't pitch for us - it would make my job a whole lot easier!'